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CVE-2005-0204

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0204 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel before version 2.6.9 on AMD64 and Intel EM64T architectures. A local attacker can leverage the OUTS instruction to write to privileged I/O ports, potentially leading to unauthorized system modifications. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating low attack complexity and local access requirements, with a potential impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not a widely targeted or discussed threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-5.0.3.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0204Important

security flaw

Jan 26, 2005

References

secunia.com / advisories/18784
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10320
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-092.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
securityfocus.com / bid/12598
trustix.org / errata/2006/0006